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“Now that I was living closer to
nature, I realized that this was the real world, very
different from the man-made world of automobiles,
computers and skyscrapers. Man was a god of sorts
in his own sphere, but on a lovely mountainside he
is no more important than an ant—and not half as
industrious!”
― The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir [Hardcover] RUSKIN BOND
nature, I realized that this was the real world, very
different from the man-made world of automobiles,
computers and skyscrapers. Man was a god of sorts
in his own sphere, but on a lovely mountainside he
is no more important than an ant—and not half as
industrious!”
― The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir [Hardcover] RUSKIN BOND
“It seemed both proper and at the same time deeply unfair that so much of life was left to chance.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“Things went somehow so good that were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting.”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
“Take any path and hope
for the best. At least it will lead you out of
the shadows.”
― The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir [Hardcover] RUSKIN BOND
for the best. At least it will lead you out of
the shadows.”
― The Beauty of All My Days: A Memoir [Hardcover] RUSKIN BOND
“fresh reading … as if the sap of life ran in
their leaves, and with skies and plants they had the power to alter their shape
and color from season to season”
― Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read
their leaves, and with skies and plants they had the power to alter their shape
and color from season to season”
― Genius and Ink: Virginia Woolf on How to Read
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